Uterus Bracelet

While waiting for my clay face to be fired I have started on my uterus cuff. After making a paper cut out of the exact design I traced it onto copper and have just started to cut the outline. After it's cut out Stamper is going to teach me how to etch the designs and form the cuff around my arm.

So excited.

I am woman, hear me roar.

Clay Face

I have began on a project based around a plaster mold of my face.

After molding my face in plaster in Design class, I pressed clay into the mold and got a release.

Currently I'm finishing up the fine details of the face and waiting for it to be fired. Next step is to look for a large hard cover book that doesn't mind being sacrificed for art.

Response to an contemporary artist ; Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Her work mainly depicts human vulnerability and examines personal identity and intimacy. She's known for following strangers like a detective to investigate their private lives for her artwork.

One of Calle's first public projects that sparked a tremendous amount of controversy was titled the "Address Book." Calle found an address book in the street, which she photographed and returned to the owner. Calle decided to call some of the numbers in the book and ask questions about the book's owner. Calle added photos of the owner's favorite hobbies and pastimes to these transcripts, creating a portrait of a man who she had never met. The transcripts were published in a French newspaper and the owner of the address book threatened to sue Calle for invasion of privacy.

Another project by Calle was titled "The Sleepers," where Calle invited 24 friends, friends of friends, and strangers to occupy her bed for 24 hours. Calle served them food and photographed them every hour.

research of personal intrest

Artist Francois Robert created artwork out of real human bones to remind people about the consequences of violence.

Robert is quoted as saying "The human skeleton is a strong visual symbol that represents what is left after life has ended, after the flesh and mind cease to function."

The assembled symbols of war above made me realize that art doesn't have to always be stuck together, it doesn't have to be a solid figure or piece. Robert used the same pieces to create multiple works and just took pictures of them to document the artwork.

Robert's shock factor with the real human bones, hopefully achieves his goal of getting people to realize how terrible violence and war is for the world.

Response to an artist ; Han van Meegeren

Meegeren was a dutch painter and art forger that lived from 1889 - 1947. Mainly a painter and a portraitist, Meegeren is known as one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

During WWII a wealthy dutchmen who wanted to prevent a sell out of dutch art to the Nazi party, rapidly bought Meegeren's forgeries. The forged "Vermeer" wound up getting Meegeren arrested, and Meegeren confessed to the forgery. He was sentenced to one year in prison but died of a heart attack before he could serve his time. It's estimated that Meegeren duped buyers, including the government of the Netherlands, out of more than thirty million dollars in today's money.

To create the "Perfect Forgery" Meegeren bought authentic 17th century canvas, mixed his own paints using old formulas, used badger-hair brushes, and used phenol formaldehyde to cause the paints to harden after application which made the paintings appear that they were 300 years old. After completing a painting, Meegeren would bake the painting to harden it, then roll the painting over a cylinder to increase the cracks. Later he would wash the painting with black india ink to fill the cracks.

In the picture on the right, Meegeren demonstrated his forgery techniques in front of an expert panel, painting his last forgery "Jesus Among the Doctors."

Meegeren's career as a legitimate painter consisted of sketching pictures and painting posters for the commercial art trade.

College Report

I feel like the requirements for this blog was based more on an art college, but I don't plan on going to college for art... instead I'm interested in going for a degree in Psychology.

The University of Kentucky

http://psychology.as.uky.edu/

above is the link to the Psychology department for the University of Kentucky.

Requirements for the class are of course an extensive amount of psychology classes, which you can find here. >>> http://psychology.as.uky.edu/psychology-major-requirements

A list of psychology courses offered that may not all be required are here. >>> http://psychology.as.uky.edu/psychology_courses

UK of course wants your test scores, either ACT or SAT. They require your high school transcript and an academic letter of recommendation from a teacher or guidance counselor.

Brief on an article related to your personal research;

http://roberta-goli.suite101.com/body-works-in-art-and-science-a119852

following the link above will take you to an article about a man name Gunther Von Hagan who is an anatomist that makes artwork from human corpses and an artist named Andrew Krasnow who uses donated human skin to create anything from lampshades to boots.

As much as I'm fascinated by the human body and anatomy... this really freaked me out. I respect Von Hagan for having the guts to make such artwork for what he says is scientific and education purposes. The fact that he can take such harsh criticism and hate from numerous people makes me really admire him.

I came across this looking for works of art relating to my personal interest, but this took it a little to far for my personal presence of art. I like this article more for the fact that it introduced me to this artist that isn't afraid to be daring and anger the general public to make artwork that he likes and for education... even though most people can't look past the "using dead bodies" to learn anything from the works.

Krasnow who made American flags from human skin to make a point... well works. It's very shocking and impacting on a person. Though it's not something I would ever choose to do with my artwork I do have it within myself to appreciate his artwork rather than criticize it for being "nasty."